Dance Ontario’s DanceWeekend’20 is 40 days away and today we are highlighting Jade’s Hip Hop Academy Performance Company.
Come out to DanceWeekend January 25 & 26, 2020 at the Fleck Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre.
Connect with JHHA:
Social Media Links: @jadeshiphopacad
Can you tell us little bit about your company/collective/school?
Specializing in hip hop and street dance, the Performance Company as performed on Ellen DeGeneres, opened for Michelle Obama, World of Dance Live Tour, TIFF Tribute Gala and much more.
What are showing at DanceWeekend’20?
Find Your Light in The Darkness
Who are the performers/collaborators in this piece(s)?
Students of Jades Hip Hop Academy
Can you talk about your creative process? What inspires you?
Inspired by the shared stories of our company members expressing the challenge of staying positive and optimistic in a ‘on the go’ world filled with so many pressures, expectations, technology, social media. Bombardment daily with social crisis such as climate change and social & political injustices. Mental health, depression, suicide are real and pressing issues for teens and this piece explores it.
Please share your experience performing in a previous DanceWeekend and/or tell us what you are looking forward to at DanceWeekend’20?
This will be our 10th Anniversary Performing at Dance Weekend.
What is one surprising or interesting fact about your company/collective/school?
We are annually the youngest company to perform at Dance Weekend
Do you have any up-coming performances/events you would like to share?
Interested in training like with the performance company? Attend our @streetdancecanada camp March 14th and 15th, 2020 to train with the pioneers of hip hop and street dance styles.